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Europe is seeing a hiring boom in automotive industry ESG roles – Just Auto

Credit: Blue Planet Studio/Shutterstock Europe was the fastest growing region for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) hiring among automotive industry companies in the three months ending August. The number of roles in Europe made up 11.4 per cent of total ESG jobs – up from 7.6 per cent in the previous three months. That was […]

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Massachusetts may soon host the first US solar on highway sound barriers

Massachusetts-based Ko-Solar wants to put solar panels in places no one really notices, like on industrial building roofs, in parking lots, and sound barriers on highways. It may finally get its chance, on Interstate 95 in the Boston area. And that would be a US first. Ko-Solar is particularly interested in transportation structure, so it’s

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Tesla upgraded Model X with higher battery energy density and more powerful motors

New EPA documents reveal the main powertrain upgrades that Tesla applied to the new Model X – higher battery energy density and more powerful motors. With the Model S and Model X refresh, Tesla has remained somewhat opaque regarding some of the changes under the hood. The company revealed its new carbon-wrapped rotor in the Model

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Cloud related deals in the automotive industry decreased in H1 2021 – Just Auto

Cloud related deals made up 3.3% of all deals announced in the automotive manufacturing and supply sector in the first six months of 2021. This represents a decrease from the figure of 4.5% in the last six months of 2020 and an increase from 2.1% in the first six months of 2020. GlobalData’s deals database

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Filings buzz: tracking artificial intelligence mentions in the automotive industry – Just Auto

Credit: Michael Traitov/ Shutterstock Mentions of artificial intelligence within the filings of companies in the automotive industry were 141% increase between July 2020 and June 2021 than in 2016, according to the latest analysis of data from GlobalData. When companies in the automotive industry publish annual and quarterly reports, ESG reports and other filings, GlobalData

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Ducati unveils another electric scooter, still claims it can build 150 mph electric motorcycles

Ducati has unveiled yet another electric scooter, the PRO-III, but its specs are nowhere near the electric motorcycles that the company claims it can build. The Ducati PRO-III electric standing scooter is the company’s latest entry in a long line of micromobility products. But like Ducati’s electric bicycles and other scooters, it is largely built

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The Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo x Db Discoverberry Bundle Featuring Aksel Svindal

The new Porsche EV just got more adventurous with help from the team at Db. While sports cars display their performance abilities on track, Porsche prides itself on developing its fleet of vehicles to tackle more than just tarmac. Throughout its years as a leader in the automotive industry, the brand incorporated adventures sport chassis

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Global vehicle market set for disappointing result in 2021 – analyst – Just Auto

Analysis by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, suggests the global vehicle market in 2021 is heading for a disappointing result, dented by shortages of critical components that have restricted new vehicle supply. “With the latest results in, it seems fair to assume that the semiconductors shortage is set to continue into Q4 and

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Democrats’ plan boosts EV tax credit to pricier trucks, SUVs

WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives released an updated social spending and climate measure on Wednesday that expands a proposed $12,500 tax credit to pricier zero-emission vehicles, while lowering income limits for eligible buyers. The updated bill, which could be voted on by the House in coming days and now includes paid

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